excessifs

\ɛk.se.sif\

/\ɛk.se.sif\/ adj

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The verdict

“excessifs” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,766
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de excessif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excessifs · excessifs · French

excessifs · rank #29,766 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,766
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eucalyptus

Nearest frequency peer: eucalyptus (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « excessifs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « excessifs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

excessifs vs excessive
78% similar
excessifs vs exclusifs
78% similar
excessifs vs excessives
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for excessifs
PropertyValue
Headwordexcessifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.se.sif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,766
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excessifs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.excessifsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eucalyptus » (#29,765), « Estrie » (#29,764), « exigées » (#29,768). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excessifs » est au #29,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around excessifs (IPA \ɛk.se.sif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,766 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de excessif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for excessifs, with forms such as "ecxessifs", "exccessifs", and "excesifs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "excessive", "exclusifs", "excessives", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is excessifs, spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-F-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de excessif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxessifs
  • exccessifs
  • excesifs
  • excesisfs
  • excessfis
  • excessiffs
  • excessifss
  • excessisf
  • excsesifs
  • execssifs
  • exxcessifs
  • xecessifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excessifs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecxessifs2exccessifs1excesifs1excesisfs2excessfis2excessiffs1excessifss1excessisf2
Edit distance from "excessifs"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excessifs"?
"excessifs" is spelled E-X-C-E-S-S-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.se.sif\.
What does "excessifs" mean?
As an adjective, "excessifs" means: Masculin pluriel de excessif.
What words are commonly confused with "excessifs"?
"excessifs" is commonly confused with "excessive", "exclusifs", "excessives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excessifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excessifs" is \ɛk.se.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excessifs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "excessifs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

efforcent#29,755Frontenac#29,783déroutant#29,748gestuelle#29,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

empêchée12 variantseffectuait12 variantsdélétère12 variantsdécoudre12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list